iOS Use of Keyword "Self"

[rstafford84]

At what times should I use the keyword self in Objective-C? Sometimes it suffices to do [variable action] while other times it requires me to do [self.variable action]. Is there a hard-fast rule concerning this?

 

[drivefast]

self.variable will always invoke the getter function of the member "variable", whereas calling it simply variable will just use the variable itself. since most of the time people use @synthesize, they wont explicitly see the getter and the setter functions, so in this case i would say use the variable name without prefixing with self. when you will need to do more than just setting a variable value in the setter, and you will give up the synthesized function and write your own, you will figure out what i mean.

 

[Kingbombs]

may also use self to call a method inside of your current class
[self someMethod: param1];